ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190099154A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-04

    申请号:US16131983

    申请日:2018-09-14

    Applicant: SOCIONEXT INC.

    Abstract: An ultrasound diagnostic system includes: an ultrasonic probe having a plurality of transducers and configured to obtain a plurality of pieces of ultrasound image data of a subject, the transducers being arranged in a first direction and configured to transmit ultrasonic waves toward the subject and receive ultrasonic waves reflected from the subject; a moving mechanism configured to move the ultrasonic probe in the first direction and in a second direction; and a controller including a processor configured to perform a process including, causing the moving mechanism to move the ultrasonic probe based on a position of a blood vessel in an ultrasound image, and generating blood vessel map data indicating information related to the blood vessel by referring to an image data storage in which the plurality of pieces of ultrasound image data are stored in association with respective amounts of movement in the first and second direction.

    ULTRASONIC PROBE, ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING ULTRASONIC PROBE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM

    公开(公告)号:US20220110611A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-14

    申请号:US17560113

    申请日:2021-12-22

    Applicant: SOCIONEXT INC.

    Abstract: An ultrasonic probe includes a transducer; a pulser; an amplifier; a wireless transmitter; temperature detectors at two or more locations from among a location of the pulser, a location of the amplifier, and a location of the wireless transmitter; and a processor comparing temperatures detected by the temperature detectors with first temperature thresholds set for the temperature detectors, and, when one or more temperature detectors detect temperatures that exceed corresponding first temperature thresholds, selecting any one of low power consumption operating modes based on which temperature detectors are the one or more temperature detectors detecting the temperatures that exceed corresponding first temperature thresholds, and switching an operating mode of each of one or more from among the pulser, the amplifier, and the wireless transmitter from a normal operating mode to the selected low power consumption operating mode.

    ULTRASONIC PROBE AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20250000487A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-02

    申请号:US18882246

    申请日:2024-09-11

    Applicant: Socionext Inc.

    Inventor: Naoto ADACHI

    Abstract: An ultrasonic probe includes a transducer, a self-diagnosis circuit configured to perform inspection of the transducer, and an output part configured to output information that is in accordance with a result of the inspection performed by the self-diagnosis circuit.

    ULTRASONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF ULTRASONIC DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20230263503A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-24

    申请号:US18310231

    申请日:2023-05-01

    Applicant: Socionext Inc.

    Inventor: Naoto ADACHI

    CPC classification number: A61B8/4483 A61B8/54 A61B8/52

    Abstract: An ultrasonic device includes: a plurality of oscillation elements to generate ultrasonic waves toward a subject, and generate voltages according to ultrasonic waves reflected by the subject; a data generator to generate a predetermined number of sets of time-series data, each of the sets indicating change in time in a plurality of voltages generated by a predetermined number of oscillation elements, among the voltages generated by the plurality of oscillation elements; a data accumulator to accumulate the sets of time-series data generated by the data generator; a selector to select time-series data from among those generated by the data generator or those accumulated in the data accumulator; a data processor to generate image data by processing a predetermined number of sets of the selected time-series data; and a controller to cause the data generator to stop generating time-series data while the selector selects the accumulated time-series data.

    ULTRASONIC PROBE, ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING ULTRASONIC PROBE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM

    公开(公告)号:US20220117578A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-21

    申请号:US17567507

    申请日:2022-01-03

    Applicant: Socionext Inc.

    Abstract: An ultrasonic probe includes a wireless transmitter-receiver configured to perform communication through a wireless network having a plurality of channels and obtain identification information of apparatuses connected to the wireless network from the apparatuses; a memory configured to store identification information for identifying other ultrasonic probes from among the apparatuses; and a processor configured to count other ultrasonic probes connected with the wireless network on a per channel basis with respect to the plurality of channels based on the identification information obtained by the wireless transmitter-receiver and the identification information stored in the memory, and determine to connect to a channel at which the number of the other ultrasonic probes counted by the processor is smallest.

    ULTRASONIC PROBE CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HOLDING PROGRAM

    公开(公告)号:US20180360488A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-20

    申请号:US16113373

    申请日:2018-08-27

    Applicant: SOCIONEXT INC.

    Abstract: A processor of a general-purpose terminal acquires position information indicating whether a biological body is punctured from a first side of an ultrasonic probe apparatus or a second side opposite to the first side and angle information indicating a puncture angle, where these items of information are entered on a touch panel of a display, transmits these items of information to the probe apparatus via a wireless communication circuit, acquires, via the communication circuit, image information generated and transmitted by the probe apparatus based on reflected waves obtained by transmitting ultrasonic waves into the biological body from the probe apparatus at a first angle based on the above information, superimposes a puncture guide indicating a puncture path based on the above information on an ultrasonic image of the biological body or a puncture needle based on the image information, and displays a result of the superimposing on the display.

    ULTRASONIC DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ULTRASONIC DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20230270419A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-31

    申请号:US18312332

    申请日:2023-05-04

    Applicant: Socionext Inc.

    CPC classification number: A61B8/58 A61B8/4488 A61B8/5207 G01S15/8915

    Abstract: An ultrasonic device includes: oscillation elements to generate ultrasonic waves toward a subject, and generate voltages according to ultrasonic waves reflected by the subject; a switch to select voltages generated by a predetermined number of oscillation elements, from among the generated voltages; and semiconductor devices. Each semiconductor device includes: a first terminal to receive a second predetermined number of voltages different from voltages received by other semiconductor devices, among the selected voltages; a first adder to add data based on the second predetermined number of voltages; a second terminal to receive an addition result of data by the first adder of each of the other semiconductor devices; a second adder to add the addition results of the data received by the first adder and the data received by the second terminal; and an image generator to generate image data based on the addition result of the second adder.

    ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20180042574A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-02-15

    申请号:US15725918

    申请日:2017-10-05

    Applicant: SOCIONEXT INC.

    Inventor: Naoto ADACHI

    Abstract: An ultrasonic imaging apparatus includes a plurality of transducers aligned in an array, a select circuit configured to cause transducers selected from the plurality of transducers to transmit an ultrasonic pulse and receive received signals, respectively, and a digital signal processing circuit configured to perform a first operation of adding up an odd number of the received signals, arranged in an order corresponding to the aligned array, with delays that are symmetrical between two sides across a center that is a centrally located signal, and to perform a second operation of adding up an even number of the received signals, arranged in an order corresponding to the aligned array, with delays that are symmetrical between two sides across a center that is situated between two centrally located signals.

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